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Long Bay Correctional Complex

State complexMixedmaleUnder capacity (98%)LowHigh
Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 1 Apr 2024
Fresh · 9d ago

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For families

How to send mail, money, and visit Long Bay Correctional Complex

Step-by-step guidance using the Australia system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.

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Historic Sydney facility with multiple discrete prisons on one campus. Includes the Long Bay Hospital, the state's main forensic-psychiatric inmate hospital.

Capacity

1,300

Current population

1,280

Occupancy

98%

Year opened

1909

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Corrective Services NSW

Population held

male

Opened

1909

Region

New South Wales

Security level

Mixed

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

Multi-unit campus; conditions vary substantially between security tiers.

Visiting

Booked online via Corrective Services NSW. Photo ID and pre-approval required.

Mailing

Inmate Name & MIN, Long Bay Correctional Complex, 1300 Anzac Parade, Malabar NSW 2036, Australia.

Practical info

Public transport: 396 or 391 bus from Central Station.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

Ivan Milat (deceased 2019), Brett Cowan, various NSW high-profile inmates.

Contact & address

1300 Anzac Parade, Malabar, Sydney 2036

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
5/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · In-custody-death signal in sources

Compared to other facilities in Australia

231 peers
Conditions risk scorethis: 5/100 · peers avg: 5/100 (+0%)

Higher risk than 0% of peer facilities in Australia.

Occupancythis: 98% · peers avg: 93% (+6%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1300 · peers avg: 489 (+166%)

Data completeness

100%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

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